Malaysia’s Ex-PM Muhyiddin Steps Down as Opposition Leader, Opening Door for Islamist PAS
Malaysia’s political landscape has remained volatile since the 2018 election ended decades of single-coalition rule. Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin emerged as a key...
Israel Defends Somaliland Recognition at UN Amid Gaza and Security Concerns
Somaliland, a former British protectorate, has operated as a de facto independent state since 1991, following the collapse of Somalia into civil war. Despite...
Saudi-Led Coalition Strikes Yemen’s Mukalla Port Over Alleged Arms Delivery
Yemen has been engulfed in a complex civil war since 2014, pitting the Iran-aligned Houthi movement against a Saudi-backed government that was forced to...
How Critical Minerals Became the New Oil
The green transition was meant to be the great moral project of this generation. Instead, it is quietly hardening into a new arena of...
Election victory positions Kurti to redefine Kosovo
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Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti has won a resounding election victory with nearly 49% of the vote, ending a nine-month political deadlock and...
Legalizing defiance: A new law lets Russia dismiss ICC arrest warrants
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President Vladimir Putin signed a law granting Russia the formal right to ignore rulings from foreign and international criminal courts, a preemptive legal...
Halbousi elected to steer Iraq’s fragile new parliament
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Iraq’s parliament elected veteran Sunni politician Haibat al-Halbousi as speaker in its first post-election session, marking the start of a fragile and often...
Deadly Raid in Turkey Kills Police and Islamic State Fighters
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Three Turkish police officers and six Islamic State militants were killed in an eight-hour shootout during a raid in northwest Turkey on Monday,...
Gerasimov tells Putin Ukraine is now on the defensive
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In a high-profile meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s top military commander General Valery Gerasimov claimed Moscow’s forces are advancing along the entire...
Ukraine Strike on Russian Terminal Cuts Kazakhstan Crude Production
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Kazakhstan’s oil output fell by 6% in December after a Ukrainian drone strike crippled Russia’s key Black Sea export terminal, revealing the unexpected...